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IOM Supports Voluntary Return of Ugandans Stranded in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

IOM Supports Voluntary Return of Ugandans Stranded in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

FEATURED, Health, NEWS, TRAVEL
 More than 100 Ugandan migrant workers stranded in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia due to the COVID-19-induced economic downturn and travel restrictions have been assisted to return home voluntarily by the International Organization for Migration, in partnership with the governments of Saudi Arabia and Uganda.   With support from the IOM Regional Office in Nairobi, IOM missions in Uganda and Bahrain worked closely with Ugandan authorities and embassy representatives in Riyadh on the identification and screening of 229 Ugandan nationals in Saudi Arabia. IOM assistance eventually went to the 113 most vulnerable migrants who had no other means to return to Uganda and had tested free of COVID-19.  Tens of thousands of Ugandans are working abroad, especially in the Middle...